Gachalá
Gachalá | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square and church of Gachalá | |
Location of the municipality and town of Gachalá inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°41′35″N 73°31′12″W / 4.69306°N 73.52000°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Guavio Province |
| Founded | 22 February 1810 |
| Founded by | Mariano de Mendoza y Bueno |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Germán Martínez Beltrán (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 448.29 km2 (173.09 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 5,715 | |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,025 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Gachalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachalá is situated at a distance of 148 kilometres (92 mi) from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of 1,712 metres (5,617 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders the western portion of the split municipality Ubalá and the department of Boyacá in the north, the eastern part of Ubalá and Medina in the east, Fómeque, Junín and Gama in the west and Fómeque, Medina and the department of Meta in the south.